As a noun mauve
is (historical) a bright purple synthetic dye.
As an adjective mauve
is having a pale purple colour.
As a proper noun fuchsia is
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mauve Noun
( en noun)
(historical) A bright purple synthetic dye.
The colour of this dye; a pale purple or violet colour.
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fuchsia Noun
( en noun)
A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia'', of the ''Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.
A purplish-red colour, the color of fuchsin, an aniline dye.
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Quotations
; plant
* 1922' : Drenched were the cold '''fuchsias , round pearls of dew lay on the flat nasturtium leaves. - , ''At The Bay (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 281)
Synonyms
* (colour) magenta
Adjective
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Having a purplish-red colour.
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